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The director faces charges of threatening public peace and national security through broadcasting incendiary news.

Military and Interior Ministry raided the headquarters of Al Jazeera Mubasher Wednesday evening after an army statement in which Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew President Mohamed Morsy and appointed Supreme Constitutional Court chief Adly Mansour as interim president in his place.

Prosecutors have also charged Fattah Fayed with operating without a license, in contravention of Egypt's Investment Law.

The channel has been operating without legal offices in Cairo, after being shut down under the former Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) regime, the prosecutor added.

Al Jazeera Mubasher managing director, Ayman Gaballah, earlier claimed in statements to prosecutors that the channel in fact possesses the necessary broadcasting licenses. The prosecution have asked to see the relevant documents as proof.